1、THE IMPACT OF ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION ON CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH:MYTHS AND MEASURESA WORLD HEART FEDERATION POLICY BRIEFTHE IMPACT OF ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION ON CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH:MYTHS AND MEASURESA WORLD HEART FEDERATION POLICY BRIEF2Executive Summary 5Introduction 6Epidemiology and Burden of Alcohol Use

2、 8Alcohol Use and Heart Health 9Table 1:Recommendations for Alcohol Use by Target Groups 10Table 2:Alcohol Policy Best Practices 11Country Case Study 12Recommendations for Advocacy 12References 13CONTENTSACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThis is an official publication of the World Heart Federation(WHF):President Pro

3、fessor Fausto Pinto,President-Elect Professor Daniel Pineiro,Vice President Dr Jagat Narula,Advocacy Committee Chair Dr Beatriz Champagne,Science Committee Chair Professor Dorairaj Prabhakaran,CEO Mr Jean-Luc Eisel.WHF would like to thank the following authorsfor their contributions:WHF ADVOCACY COM

4、MITTEE:Dr Beatriz Champagne,ChairProfessor Monika AroraProfessor Ahmed ElSayedMs Birgit BegerProfessor Pamela NaidooMr Trevor ShiltonWHF STAFF AND TEAM:Ms Kelcey Armstrong-WalenczakMr Jeremiah MwangiMr Yunshu WangWith special thanks to Dr Neha Jain,Research Fellow,Public Health Foundation of India.W

5、ORLD HEART FEDERATIONA WORLD HEART FEDERATION POLICY BRIEF3ALCOHOL HAS BEEN ASCRIBED AS A CRUCIAL FACTOR IN DEATHS DUE TO INFECTIOUS DISEASES,INTENTIONAL AND UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES,DIGESTIVE DISEASES AND SEVERAL NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES(NCDS)THE IMPACT OF ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION ON CARDIOVASCULAR HEALT

6、H:MYTHS AND MEASURESA WORLD HEART FEDERATION POLICY BRIEF4Over the past several decades,the prevalence of cardiovascular disease(CVD)has nearly doubled,and alcohol has played a major role in the incidence of much of it.Alcohol has also been attributed in deaths due to infectious diseases,intentional